WelCom is the monthly newspaper of the Archdiocese of Wellington. Print copies of the eight-page newsletter are free and available in parishes, and sent to parishes and schools in PDF form. The archive contains WelCom stories published from 2007 to 2026 (May).
WelCom August 2019: After current supplies run out, Vatican City State will stop selling single-use plastic items. While the European Union pledged in May to ban single-use plastic from 2021, the Vatican had already begun limiting its use and soon ‘it will no longer be sold,’ said Rafael Ignacio Tornini, head of the department handling Vatican […]
WelCom August 2019: This month we visit St Joseph’s Parish of Hawera, which connects the townships of Hawera, Manaia and Normanby, and surrounding farming and coastal areas. Hawera, South Taranaki’s largest town, is 71 kms south of New Plymouth on State Highway 3 and is located on State Highway 45, known as Surf Highway 45 for […]
WelCom August 2019: In May 2018, Sir Brother Patrick Lynch KNZM, QSO published a book outlining the history of New Zealand’s Integrated Schools. The book covers the period from the passing of the legislation that set up the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act, which became operationalised in early 1976, to when he left the CEO role […]
WelCom August 2019: In his recently completed thesis called ‘A phenomenology of the Eucharist’, Fr Kevin Connors seeks to unveil the kindness of God’s face in the Eucharist and in one another and explores the true meaning of ‘loveableness’. ‘Compared to adults, infants lack the ability to state their identity. But they still have the power […]
WelCom August 2019: The 2019 Funding Round for the Archdiocesan Allocation Committee is now open. Parish groups, agencies and church organisations that provide a helping hand by supporting families and social services are now invited to apply for the annual Tindall Funding through the Archdiocesan Allocation Committee. The priority is to fund Catholic and community organisations […]
WelCom August 2019: The New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference have released a video to promote Catholic Prison Chaplaincy and the work of the Church in our prisons. Senior Catholic Prison Chaplain Sr Veronica Casey pbvm said, ‘This video gives a sense of what it’s like meeting with those within our prison system. A prison chaplain’s role […]
WelCom August 2019: Mary Nash The Palmerston North Justice, Peace and Development Commission is a small group appointed by the Bishop for advice about advocacy and action on social justice issues in line with the Church’s social justice teachings. Through prayer and discussion, we discern how those teachings apply in our Diocese. Our Commission’s work has […]
WelCom August 2019: Dr Elizabeth Julian rsm continues her eight-part series about the Old Testament. So far we have seen that the Old Testament, describing God’s love affair with a particular group of people, follows a basic storyline involving many different characters, places and events, spread over 46 books. While it is inspired in its origins […]
WelCom August 2019: 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 12: 13-21 Someone in the crowd said to Jesus, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me’. He replied to him, ‘Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?’ Then he said to the crowd, ‘Take care to guard against all greed, for though […]
WelCom August 2019: ‘Sport is a very rich source of values and virtues’ – Pope Francis WelCom congratulates The Silver Ferns on their spectacular 52‒51 win over Australia in the Vitality Netball World Cup final in Liverpool, UK, 21 July 2019 – the fifth time New Zealand have won the Netball World Cup. We also congratulate […]